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Ugreen’s new smart home ecosystem is built around local AI hubs
Ugreen has entered the local AI smart home market with a new “AIoT” product range, unveiled at a launch event at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The lineup is built around three AI-powered hubs, HomeAgent (HA100 and HA100 Pro) and the flagship MasterAgent MA100, which process data on-device rather than in the cloud, positioning Ugreen…
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You can watch the coolant flow inside Ugreen’s liquid-cooled power bank
Ugreen has launched the MagFlow Pro Magnetic Power Bank, which it says is the world’s first wireless-charging power bank to use liquid cooling. A micro-pump circulates coolant to draw heat away from internal components, including the Qi2.2-compatible wireless charging coil, with the process visible through a window on the front of the device. This is…
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Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Today
Frontier AI chatbots from Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI all suffered rare, roughly simultaneous outages on Thursday morning, temporarily knocking out services including ChatGPT, Codex, Claude and Grok. The timing initially suggested a shared underlying cause, such as a common cloud or infrastructure provider, but the companies gave differing explanations and none pointed to a common…
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SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other ‘compute partners’
SpaceXAI has apologised after an outage at its Memphis data centre knocked its Grok chatbot offline for more than three hours on Thursday, also affecting unspecified “compute partners”. The disruption struck Grok across X and its Android and iOS apps, and comes as the firm increasingly supplies computing capacity to other artificial intelligence companies, making…
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Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested
This is a discussion from WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast examining how prediction markets are increasingly landing users in legal and regulatory trouble. The episode centres on two cases: former US congressman George Santos received Kalshi’s first-ever lifetime ban from the platform, while a Google engineer has been accused of insider trading on Polymarket. Hosts argue…
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Roger Daltrey says The Who “love” Zak Starkey after rehearsals ahead of potential reunion tour: “He’s not Keith Moon, but he’s come very close”
Roger Daltrey has said The Who “love” drummer Zak Starkey after he rehearsed with the band again, more than a year after an acrimonious split that saw him twice depart the group. The confirmation raises the possibility that Starkey could rejoin the band for a reunion tour being considered for next year, marking a significant…
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Stryker Vision app completes first hip surgery using Apple headset
Medical technology firm Stryker has announced that its SportSuite Vision app for the Apple Vision Pro was used in a hip arthroscopy at Duke Health, the first real-world procedure using the software. The milestone offers a glimpse of a niche but genuinely useful application for Apple’s mixed-reality headset, which has struggled to find a mainstream…
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Suno Scraps Mary J. Blige Ad After Making It Seem Singer Endorsed the AI Music Platform
Suno has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that it pulled an advertisement featuring Mary J. Blige after establishing that the R&B star had never actually approved the advert, resolving confusion over how the seeming endorsement came about. The AI music platform said it had struck a business arrangement with someone who falsely claimed to be…
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Rust’s New Force Wipe Update Includes Major Game Changes
Rust developer Facepunch has released its September force wipe update, titled “Breach and Clear,” which introduces changes aimed at making the game’s early hours tougher for large clans while easing pressure on solo players. The monthly force wipe resets player progress, and this update specifically targets the problem of big groups monopolising monuments and blueprints…
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Mousey city-builder Whiskerwood gets a bit wetter today with a hefty nautical update that lets your rodent kingdom venture out on the open seas
Whiskerwood, a city-building game in which mice live under the rule of tyrannical cats, has received its “Nautical Update” today, expanding the game beyond its original single-island setting. Developed by Minakata Dynamics, the update introduces ships, shipyards, boat battles and trading, letting players venture out to explore the wider world for the first time. The…